“Wow I am the first to review this.
Well when I ordered my sample it was sort of a quick decision – I was ordering teas for someone else from upton and decided to get a few I had not...”
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5 Tasting Notes

I ordered this for 2 reasons. ONE…because I was restocking my new-to-me Black Teas and mainly because it’s a black tea from Mozambique. I LOVE trying teas from different regions and wanted more from Mozambique.

After reading Momo (if that’s your REAL name…sorry inside joke) and MOMO’s notes I decided to infuse twice the amount at around 1 minute instead of the time she stated and didn’t care for the nutmeg-punch.

Dry – I liked the black tea base aroma in this tea. After infusing it didn’t really smell much. It DOES brew VERY dark brown – near coffee color, really.

The fannings are REALLY fine.

The flavor is pretty standard, really. It’s not bad but it’s not overly memorable, either. It’s good to have on hand for guests who aren’t really into picking out specific traits of teas, I guess.

After a few moments I can pick up on a nutmeg flavor as well as a questionable and mysterious fruity hint at something…plum, perhaps, not completely sure, tho.

Overall…I did finish the cup and it’s alright. Not my favorite, tho! But doable!

Wow I am the first to review this.
Well when I ordered my sample it was sort of a quick decision – I was ordering teas for someone else from upton and decided to get a few I had not tried before for myself. This one caught my eye however I had not previously looked it up here on Steepster.
When I opened the package and poured out some of the leaf I was like WHATTHE????
Tiny little grounds like coffee.
Odd!
It was like I opened up a bag of fannings from some cruddy tea bag.
Anyway … I brewed it.
A nice malty aroma, slightly sweet fruity flavor, lightly floral.
Interesting cleansing flavor of spring water.
I will play with this one some more but I like it!
I mean I would not have expected such great tasting tea from this “leaf”.

While I’d argue that wikipedia is not always correct, and also that a small CTC or broken leaf does not always indicate that it is a low grade of tea (I’ve had some pretty remarkable small cut or broken leaf teas), if you don’t like what you’re tasting, you don’t like it, and there’s no arguing that. It doesn’t make you a snob. :)

Thank you TeaEqualsBliss for sending me some of this tea. It’s a very fine chop on this CTC tea. It’s a pretty severe cut on these … it’s more like a superfine grind on a coffee rather than a tea leaf.

But despite the fine chop, it is still a really decent tea. The flavor is smooth and inviting. It is rich … with a mild to moderate astringency that develops to a stronger astringency by mid-cup.